All across the country, people like you are considering taking part in a course this fall and winter. Whatever your motivation, a gourmet cooking class could be exactly what you're looking for.
Gourmet food is more than just filling a yawning belly. It satisfies more than just hunger. It is the cooking equivalent to art. If Ronald McDonald were a house painter, gourmet cooking would be Vincent Van Gogh.
Professional gourmet chefs can command excellent salaries. And though they work under pressure, often putting in long hours, the rewards can be high. You have the chance to make a mark in your local community. You can earn a certain notoriety - good restaurants get attention. They are written about in blogs and in the press. Famous people, or at least well-known locals, will show up if the reviews are good. You could move into becoming a restauranteur, running your own business, perhaps even owning a chain of restaurants.
But there's one requirement; one thing you absolutely must have. A passion for cooking.
You have to feel the intoxication of great ingredients. You have to catch your breath at the sight of a beautifully presented dish. And you have to want to go through everything it takes to be the best.
Even if your ambitions don't reach so high, you'll still get a lot out of a gourmet cooking course. The emphasis will be on quality over quantity - and with over 35% of the US population declared officially obese, that can't be a bad thing.
You'll learn how to present food to have your dinner guests reaching for their cameras. Your meals will become sensuous experiences shared with a chosen few of friends and loved ones. But most of all, your moments in the kitchen will be transformed into stimulating explorations, assaults on the senses that make life so worth living.
In short, attend a gourmet cooking class, and you won't just be enriching your diet. Your life will be enriched.
